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Event Organizers Double Down on Sustainability
According to our soon-to-be-published annual Meetings Market Survey, three out of five planners are including sustainability requirements in their RFPs, in addition to bolstering other efforts to check their events’ carbon footprint.
New Ways to Help Understand Extreme Heat Risks
Recent developments and tools that can help make it easier for meeting organizers to calculate and communicate the risks of extreme heat to meeting attendees.
‘Events Are the Thinking Machine of the World’
The first-ever Convene 4 Climate, held earlier this month in Barcelona, began with a TED-style talk by bonafide sustainability pioneer Paul Dickinson.
A New Way of Thinking
One key connection between DEI and sustainability is a shared commitment to challenging the status quo. While technology can help us solve some issues, it alone isn’t enough. We need to think and act in new ways.
One Way to Engage Attendees and Give Back to the Community
At WasteExpo 2024 in Las Vegas, organizers built engagement brick by brick with a LEGO wall — then donated all 18,000 LEGO pieces to a local non-profit helping children.
Does Sustainability Start From Within?
The Inner Development Goals lay out a framework based upon strengthening human skillsets to help people be a positive force for change in society.
What We’re Seeing: The Great Elephant Migration
A 100-strong herd of Indian elephant replicas — the Great Elephant Migration — makes its way to New York City, spreading a message of animal/human coexistence, and also of sustainability.
What’s Holding Up Sustainability Efforts in Global Events?
How has the events industry moved the needle on sustainability? A recent survey shows there’s even more of a gap than in previous studies between how North American planners and their European counterparts prioritize sustainability initiatives. Also, the cost to implement those efforts is seen as prohibitive.
Reusable Cups Make a Splash at WasteExpo 2024
Attendees of an educational conference tied to North America’s largest waste and recycling trade show loved the reusable coffee cups, the show’s manager said, and the results were worth the effort.
Event Venues Look to High-Tech Solutions to Combat Food Waste
On-site digesters and AI are among the tools tapped to prevent food waste from going to landfills.
5 Ways to Inspire Event Participants to Act Sustainably
Simply reciting the grim facts about the impact of climate change doesn’t work to motivate change — and it may even be counterproductive. Here’s what to do instead.
Responding to the Climate Crisis Together
We can’t escape from the realities of climate change — but we can choose to create a new path forward.